This snow blower has 2-year-old gas in it. Let's see how it starts.

This is a follow-up to last year's shenanigans
• My snow blower has old...

[@TechnologyConnextras]

If the audio sounds a little strange, well I tried the new Adobe AI enhancing thingy since the raw camera audio was... real bad. It did a pretty good job all things considered! But there are some weird glitches. What a fun and weird future we're careening towards!

[@LMacNeill]

AI is definitely not (yet) something capable of taking over the world, but there are certain tasks at which it excels greatly. I definitely could hear the glitches, but overall the audio was quite acceptable.

[@BTElectric]

Should've bought a pixel 8 pro specifically just to remove the wind noise from this video. I've had so many ads specifically about this lol.

[@Escher99]

The audio sounds like you have a bad lapel mic which is probably miles better than the raw audio...

[@Nibby49]

Adobe has AI audio enhancement now? Man, I wish my university wasn't a year behind on Creative Cloud. I'm interested to know what the original audio sounded like.

[@donaldpetersen2382]

The Adobe AI made your jacket look louder

[@scorpioassmodeusgtx1811]

A moment of silence for the public bus seats that gave their lives to make that [rad] jacket.

[@moosemaimer]

[Attenborough voice] While arcades were once a plentiful species, found in malls all across the continent, their numbers have dwindled at an alarming rate.

[@andymouse]

Lol !

[@antibrevity]

I'd consider it retro-fleece as it seems like what LL Bean was selling in 1992.

[@CtrlOptDel]

Definitely a cool jacket, no need at all to moquette…

[@bwallatube]

it's very mall-camo, good simple video 👍

[@GrimmReaperXIII]

I always love it when you remind us that you’re from illinois, and from around the Chicago area, just like I am! I do wonder if I’ve ever walked by the dude from KZbin that tricked me into watching 30-60 min vids on how an automatic toaster works, vcrs, photography, and all sorts of neat random objects. I didn’t care how touchlamps or pinball machines worked until you went out of your way to make your content to teach and show people how they work. Then I was like “wait. How do touchlamps work? I need to watch this. Thanks for great educational content man! And not gonna lie, the “and through the magic of buying two of them!” whole bit still gets a chuckle out of me when it comes up.

[@chongli297]

Honestly! Alec's Midwest, homey, laid-back perspective is one of the biggest keys to this channel's charm! He's like James Burke meets mom's potato salad, and I mean that in the best possible way!

[@fiorovante]

Here here!

[@namco003]

I discovered this channel, for the second time, a little over a month ago. I've worked on Arcade machines and electronics, mainly old school 80/90s stuff for over 25 years and while I know what i'm doing, I never went to school for electronics and wanted to get a break down of how CRTs and computers came to be, all the way back the science of the origin of light bulbs. What a great channel. BTW, I say second time, because I recently discovered that I watched his PS1 copy protection video years ago, pre-jacket days

[@flecjl]

This is the extra content we subscribe for.

[@TheWebstaff]

I was hoping for discount coupons so this content is not what I expected?! 😂

[@youdontknowme5969]

"Behind the Scenes, with Alec"

[@springer1985]

I detect a bit of sarcasm but this is 100% the extra content I subscribe for.

[@flecjl]

@@springer1985 I’m genuinely interested! I forgot about the 1 year update and was excited to see how it’s progressed.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

I have only owned/use two-stage snowblowers, and they have all had adjustable engine run speeds. - I have also used electric (plug-in) snow throwers that are kind of like heavy shovels and throw the snow straight ahead with no throw chute. They are pretty good for the first 4-6 inches of light/medium snow, or only about 1-2 inches of wet heavy snow.

[@henrycole6399]

Here's a tip: when starting a pull start engine that hasn't been run in a long time, give it a long, slow pull first, to turn the engine over a bit and get some oil distributed around the block. I swear by Sta-Bil. The stuff is miraculous.

[@EndOfLineTech]

Tip for what? It’s worked every year for like 1,000,000 years for him, it’s documented . What’s the tip to be had here

[@Misha-dr9rh]

@@EndOfLineTech Did you consider reading? Pull it slowly to spread the oil around, because when you first start it there won't be any oil on the parts that need oil. What exactly is so hard to comprehend here?

[@taekwoncrawfish9418]

@@Misha-dr9rhbecause it doesn’t matter

[@eaglekepr]

I put 2 bottles of Sta-bil in my car that I parked for an expected two or three years in Upper Michigan thinking it couldn't hurt. It turned out to be 10 years. I put a new battery in it, removed the mouse nest from the air filter box and it fired up after 5 seconds of cranking. Zero issues with the 10yo gas, but did top it up every quarter tank used.

[@FishFind3000]

Cars can burn bad gas easier than small car carburetor engines.

[@Furiends]

@@FishFind3000 exactly. Many car engines are flex fuel rated which is basically what 10 year old gas is.

[@ehhhhhhhhhh]

Wow, and here I was super nervous about my car that went unused for 6 months. I feel silly.

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@Furiends and modern ECUs constantly automate what might be hella tedious choke adjustments! Especially as the fuel gets newer as it's progressively replaced.

[@TrebleSketch]

As an Australian who never has seen snow and don't really deal much with these type of machines, this is the type of random content I am just happy to listen in to learn about xP Thanks :D (Hurray for No Effort November)

[@kaitlyn__L]

cute pubby icon :)

[@mousermind]

That's alright, lemme explain what snow is. You know how you occasionally have spiders fall en masse from the sky? It's like that, but cold, and less creepy.

[@TrebleSketch]

@@kaitlyn__L Thank you! :D

[@TrebleSketch]

@@mousermind Oooo, so that's what they are! And less likely to bite you too :P

[@FenceThis]

never seen snow.. how weird and exotic

[@tizio5103]

This lighting makes me realize you could pull off a really good Bruce Campbell costume.

[@realShadowKat]

I've always topped off my tank with petrol and Sta-Bil before the end of season. Ethanol likes to pull in water, but giving it as little space as possible, or as little space to gather in an empty tank, helps a bit as far as I've heard.

[@mannys9130]

Gas tanks are always vented because gas has a very high vapor pressure. The moisture will find a way into the tank via that vent, always, and it'll be absorbed directly into the ethanol component of the gas. The only way to stop this is to have a fully sealed and pressurized tank.

[@gorak9000]

Taryl Fixes All (a guy that runs a small engine repair shop as his livelihood) on yt did a long term test of many fuel stabalizers along with plain gas sitting in many engines that were outside (well under a shed) for more than a year - none of the additives made any meaningful difference over just plain gas left in the engines. I'd post a link, but yt will censor my comment if I do, so you have to search for and watch it yourself

[@davel4030]

​​@@gorak9000you could just give us the id of the video (at the end of the link after the = ) I'd like to see it.

[@hadrast]

@gorak9000 Sounds like you only saw the earlier series he did. He did another one later (video ID xY3CXmk19Ag) that had a different conclusion. TLDR: some additives can protect ethanol fuel for a limited time (5-6 months), but if you want to keep gas longer (19 months+), you'll need better measures (e.g. ethanol-free gas or a fully sealed container).

[@SoundsLegit71]

keeping the small engines outside kills the gas faster. If my mini bikes sit more than a year i just drain the gas and crack open the gas cap or float bowl a bit.

[@flyboy_463]

The sequel we needed

[@finkelmana]

I have never used up the fuel in my lawn mower or whats left in my plastic gas canister. I have never used a fuel stabilizer. They sit from the end of summer to the beginning of spring untouched. When its time to start mowing, I use them both. Lawn mower starts right up, no hesitation, no sputtering, no smoke, nothing. Works like it was new every time. Im sure people will say your engine wont last, but it has for over a decade, so I think it will.

[@ChrisGoosman]

Same here. I have a 2 cycle snow blower and I have never used stabil. It just fires up after a couple of pulls in the winter after sitting since the previous winter. It's probably 25 years old at this point.

[@ChrisGoosman]

Oh yeah, and it's just regular E10 (or is it E15?) gasoline from any old pump.

[@mandrakethemadcoder]

It's always been things other than fuel that got my engines. I run my 60 year old Land Rover on E10, never had a problem. Lawn mower starts on a flick of the key, though it's like 26 years old and has never seen anything but regular gas. Never been drained, always left with whatever was in the tank in the fall. Gearbox has no indents anymore so finding gears is a bit... Iffy. But the engine just goes. 😆

[@YourFavouriteComment]

Used to be able to do that too. But ever since I can no longer get ethanol free gas, it started to gum up the carburetor and I had to change habits

[@johngaltline9933]

This has been my experience as well. No stabilizer, 87 octane 10% ethanol, gas. Mower and blower sit in a shed for their off season with however much fuel was left in the tank the last time they got used, and both have always started right up with no troubles. The blower is a 2 stage beast from 1980... it also started up with the gas left in it by my grandfather before I inherited it, after sitting for at least 5 years.

[@GameSack]

I've had an electric cord-powered snowblower for around 10 years now I think. My only complaint is that it's a little smol (yes) but otherwise it clears the driveway much faster than a big gas-powered dealy-bob. Every time I clear the driveway, I save the world a little bit. I figure everyone in the world owes me something by now.

[@accidentalpatient4152]

Hey I love your channel as well, it's in a similar vein of pedantic and cozy nerd stuff that's my kind of thing

[@davidg4288]

About 15 years ago I bought a house and had no snow blower. My dad was kind enough to loan me his corded electric (he has a gas one too), which I figure is going to be a pain but it was not bad at all. Unlike a lawn there are no obstacles in the driveway so cord management was easy, no different than a corded vacuum cleaner. If I hit deep snow I could see the lights dimming on the house but it did not stall. I did buy a gas one but really it's not that much better.

[@XaleManix]

I love when something works first time, and our universal human reaction of celebration just seems to be to spread our arms out, like we're calling for the universe to 'come at us'.

[@KurtBob]

“Half full” Such an optimistic person in such a dark world

[@ActualKirgen]

This summer I finally ran out of my gas can from August 2017 that I have been using in my Honda-engine lawnmower. Runs like a champ. No added stabilizers or special care. Just fill and mow.

[@JohnLafitte]

I don't know if it's just me, but I got a real James Condon vibe from this video. Granted you didn't rebuild that engine and clean the carb, but just the fact it was about small engines and you ended it with "thanks for watching". If you would've said "I hope this helped someone" before that would have been the icing on the cake 😂

[@seymoarsalvage]

One thing to add, is location. Down here in Louisiana, the humidity is silly high most the year. With most gas nowdays containing ethanol (that attracts moister) and you end up with gas turning to varnish within a year. I used to make a killing repairing carbs on small engines in my 20's, right after they started the E10 fuels. Oh but yes, stabil does work, can foul sparkplugs if used too much but thats it. And EV lawn equipment just makes sooo much more since than a tiny, loud, smoky thing buzzing right by your hands for hours

[@CapnCody1622]

The quality of this video feels like a KZbin video from 2012 and I love it 😊

[@DanJonesShow]

I believe it's the ethanol in most gasoline that is hygroscopic and attracts the moisture and itself converts to water after time, if I'm not mistaken. That said, I used the stabilizer and I use 90 octane ethanol-free gasoline in my lawn mowers and snow blower. It seems to be the ethanol in gas that causes a lot of the carburetor corrosion anyway if I'm not mistaken.

[@stevesether]

Exactly. Project Farm did a good experiment a few years ago where he contaminated some ethanol, and non ethanol gasoline with water. Then put some aluminum in with the gasoline. The gas+ethanol+water+AL gasoline had formed this gummy gel like substance in it that then gums of carburetors. The gas+water+AL did not. For me it's pretty cheap to buy a couple gallons of non-ethanol gasoline, add some sta-bil, and it's good. Doing this every year I've not had any problems with starting. It might be over-kill, but if it is, it's pretty cheap over-kill.

[@kevingray8616]

Yeah, I don't know that Sta-Bil does anything. I do know that ethanol fuel is terrible; especially where I live because of the humidity in the air. I have a Troy-Bilt wood chipper that I rarely use; like once a year. When I could only get ethanol fuel for it, I had to remove the air filter and squirt whatever combustible fluid I had into the carburetor to get it to start. (multiple expletives where uttered in the process) It would run after that. Now that I can get ethanol-free fuel, I use it for all of my small engines. My wood chipper starts right up, provided I choke it and do things right, after it sitting for a year. I had a Harley that sat for a few years. (with ethanol fuel in it) I gave it to my brother. He replaced the battery and it fired right up. I know small engines don't have the electronics like a modern Harley though.

[@stevesether]

@@kevingray8616 Sta-bil doesn't do much for ethanol. And ethanol is largely a problem with gumming up carburetors.

[@eric4946]

People say this but the “real” issue is leaving fuel tanks not full during storage.

[@stevesether]

@@eric4946 That's certainly one way to solve the problem. Given murphys law, I find it easier to just buy the non-ethanol gas than to worry about what level of fuel I left the snowblower/lawnmower in the last time I use it for the season.

[@innercityprepper]

When covid hit in the spring of 2020 I filled 2 5 gallon jerry cans and added a cap of Stabil to each of them. Here it is November 2023 and my lawnmower, which sits outside year round in Minnesota, starts every single time on the first pull with that same gas.

[@biser1]

how are your videos so good to watch? I'm here enjoying this 9min video of something so basic and I love it. Thanks for being on here - love all your deep dives and videos in general but this one made me actually realise and write a comment :)

[@bryanjk]

I've thought the same thing. I just relate to him and how deep he gets into things and his humor. Most people don't care that deep lol

[@darkinertia2]

he embodies the "i could be your devil or i could be your angle" meme with that drip lol

[@ShukenFlash]

We had an old single stage snow blower with a throttle lever when I was younger, but that's the only one I've seen and it was pretty old. I've also never had an issue with stabilized gas. My dad ruined a generator by leaving unstabilized gas in it, but some of the gas in my UTV is probably 3 years old, it's probably had some water get in it, but I run Seafoam and/or Marvel Mystery Oil in every tank and it's never failed to start right up.

[@robertknight4672]

Was it a vintage model that was all metal and no plastic? I believe those would have the capability of adjusting the engine speed in many of those also add self-propelled Wheels as two-stage machines did.

[@spewp]

Owns a Figaro and apparently thinks that's not a piece of "small engine equipment".

[@BrianKleinke]

We have an electric one stage in Minnesota... Last year we needed help for a few snowfalls, yesterday we recieved our 2 stage electric. Back when we got our 1 stage you couldn't really get 2 stage electrics that were good. But luckily that's changed over the few years we've had it. We have an electric lawnmower, it's so nice to not have any small engines in our garage anymore.

[@ouch1011]

I think we’ve learned 2 things from this video: 1) Snowblowers will run on sewer water. 2) 1 person’s experience is apparently enough to negate thousands of other people’s experiences, as long as they have a KZbin channel.

[@ArkonArchive]

Wow! Great video showcasing the reliability of fuel stabilizers! Also, sweet Jacket!

[@LittleDancerByGrace]

I have never been so excited to watch a man start a snow blower.

[@Choralone422]

In my experience if you use gasoline with no ethanol in it (sold here at Kwik Star as "premium recreational fuel") you can usually get 2 years of storage time out of that gas in small engine equipment so long as the equipment is properly stored in a weather resistant garage or shed. A few weeks ago I got my 4 cycle lawn edger out for the first time since fall of 2021. I added a very small amount of fresh gas to what was left in the tank, it started up on the 3rd pull and ran perfectly. No fuel additive was in the tank and the edger itself is close to 20 years old. I have no doubts my roughly 15 year old 2 stage snow blower will also start when I do my yearly service on it this weekend. I also only needed to use it once or twice last winter so it's got a mostly full tank of old gas in it atm.

[@bulbman256]

Wow Alec that snowblower started up with....... No effort. I'll get my coat (ps the jacket is awesome)

[@v-g-z3689]

Dude that jacket is awesome! I love that you also kind of do small engine videos, keep up the good work!

[@BTC0288]

Am I the only one who smelled it when he started it up. No? Just me.

[@quinton1661]

I absolutely did.

[@whitslack]

While he was standing there talking with the engine running, I was thinking of all the carcinogens he was breathing in. ☠ I have an electric lawnmower, an electric snow blower, and an electric car. Can't stand to breathe gasoline exhaust, yuck!

[@quinton1661]

@@whitslack I just bought a battery lawnmower and trimmer this summer (Skil 40V). I was so impressed with them that I also purchased a battery two-stage snowblower (Ego). I have a gravel driveway and need paths through the yard or I would have bought a single stage.

[@whitslack]

​@@quinton1661: I _wanted_ to buy a two-stage snow blower, but I was being frugal by opting for one that could use the same battery packs as my lawnmower, and the only such options were all single-stage. The one I got is really not quite enough to handle the heavy, wet snow that New Hampshire gets. Rather than "throwing" the snow, it more like dumps it overboard. I end up having to push the snow blower through snow that it already lobbed over a few feet on a previous pass.

[@riffzifnab9254]

The level of sass in this video is phenomenal. Never change (:

[@TedLedbetter]

I use Rec-Gas (non-ethanol) and Sta-Bil in all my small engines. Never had an issue or drained my gas. Project Farm showed the problems of Ethanol gas a while ago.

[@povilasqw]

The most optimistic thing in this video is thinking that you will still need a new snow blower in the future.

[@krudmuphinstudioz]

If you already have an electric mower and other accessories, I definitely recommend a battery powered snow blower too. Just make sure you have a lot of spare batteries because they eat through them really quick! Simply because they are handling so much more load than a mower. Many of the battery snow blowers actually use 2 or more battery packs ganged up. As long as you're prepared with multiple charged batteries, it gets the job done (quietly too!) I have a really long driveway and I'm able to clear the whole thing if the snow isn't absurdly deep.

[@sprockkets]

What sucks is I need like a extra wide super powerful snow blower at least once a season when the horribly wet snow happens and I can't shovel it, nor can a normal 24 inch gas snow blower handle it. But every other time, a small Greenworks snow blower works.

[@d3ltabrav0]

Love my electric single stage, zero maintenance and it's so lightweight I toss it in the garage rafters during the summer.

[@krudmuphinstudioz]

@@d3ltabrav0Thanks for the storage idea, i didn't even think about putting it up there. Currently it takes up so much floorspace. I avoided buying a snow blower for so many years for that same reason, haha

[@EndOfLineTech]

Okay here’s one of those weird edge cases. Will the world really burn if everyone in a rural area of maybe even 20 houses in a square mile (that’s a lot btw) uses a small engine snow blower let’s just say 20 days out of the year. I hardly doubt that. Everyone going out to replace their perfectly working small engine snow blowers that are used so infrequently with new ones is WAYYYY more pollution. Let’s also not forget this is rural land where we have space, and these things called plants. Every person in say NYC starting up and running one of these things at the same time would quite literally kill everyone, and not only burn a hole in our atmosphere but straight through the earth itself. Where there’s thousands of people in a square mile. Not like 20 lol. I’m pretty sure the earth can handle a few rural people having gas snow throwers. My next point and you even get it. An electric one in a good deal of situations, is going to be so much more a pain in the ass for what reason? You know what just works every year, you don’t have to run to the garage every 5 minutes and have 20,000 batteries (exaggerating) that’s right. A gas powered one you probably will fill once a year! Electric tools have their place but it’s not the answer all. I have plenty of electric tools but I also have gas tools like a chainsaw because without spending $1,000,000 on an electric one that can handle a tree wider then 3 inches it does the job and it harms absolutely no one or nothing… Gas / diesel powered equipment will never 100% go away and it certainly doesn’t need to. Sure the real number may only be a few percent that in a particular case is the better option but that doesnt mean we should 100% forgo it in the name of “progress” My big heavy ancient steel mower that has a plow attachment could never be replaced by a 2 pound plastic electric mower with a plow. It simply could not do the job I need it too with as less effort and ease. And have absolutely no intention of even thinking about replacing it unless I moved somewhere stupid that had just one little square foot patch of grass. Which ain’t gona happen lol.

[@krudmuphinstudioz]

@@EndOfLineTech For me, and many others, the switch to electric has nothing to do with the environment. It's simply because an electric tool is better for our needs. They are lighter weight, simpler to use, low maintenance, and reliable. If my needs were different and it required a more powerful device that can be used in remote areas, of course I would prefer to have a gas powered machine. It's a case by case situation and for many people, the electric option is a good enough solution. Gas powered machines shouldn't become obsolete for those who need it.

[@larryrussell5440]

A couple of years ago I had to pull out our generator when we had an extended power outage. It had stabilized gas in it from Hurricane Sandy (2012). It started on the first pull.

[@MrTechnicks]

Fuel stabilizers aren't a scam. I didn't put any in my lawnmower and following year it didn't start. Then i pre-mixed my fuel in the 3 gallon container with fuel stabilizer and been using the same mix for the last two years and it works flawlessly. The $3 you spend on it saves you at least $20 in carb cleaner and other supplies to help unclog a messed up lawnmower with old gummy gas. End of story.

[@tristfall1]

Thanks for reminding me that my snowblower's choke is totally ***ked and I need to fix it before it's too cold to work in the garage.

[@HugoEckener127]

My man looking like an 1860s daguerrotype of an actor when it started on the first pull and he was standing there with his arms out like "behold" with the hair swoops and the rigid non-smiling expression

[@android199ios25]

Here in Europe we use mankind's greatest invention in snow removal: shovel.

[@nathanjack86]

This takes me back to winter of ‘91 and snowblower issues. Our snowblower was built in the 70s and used leaded gasoline. I recall my dad blaming it on old gas for it not working. This was multiple years before it was finally replaced. Maybe it was the old gas. Or maybe it was the lack of leaded gas. ‘91 was not a fun year to shovel snow by hand in southern Minnesota. I’m glad you got your snowblower running.

[@ncooty]

This is why I use only dry-aged, seasoned fuel.

[@Vitz3001]

I'm surprised you don't already have an electric snow blower. I have a matching set (snow blower and lawn mower) so I can use the same batteries in both

[@FaultyStreams]

My battery snowblower was pretty expensive compared to the gas one

[@YourFavouriteComment]

How long do they last, especially in the cold? My leaf blower blows through a 5 amp battery in under 10 minutes, can't imagine running the snow blower on batteries. Sometimes I'm out there plowing for an hour when it snowed heavy.

[@Skylancer727]

@@YourFavouriteComment To be fair, you don't need it to last that long. At most you'll spend 30 minutes clearing your drive way and the side of the road, and you're probably not going anywhere any time soon in deeper snow so you'll at most clear out the car you'll use and take off.

[@rocksfire4390]

@@YourFavouriteComment well either that battery isn't actually 5 amp/h or that leaf blower is insanely powerful.... it's either 120 volts at 12 amps or 60 volts at 24 amps (or some other combo). that's a lot of energy usage holy crap! i have been looking at eletric snowblowers a lot and i have heard that most last ~45 mins on their included battery (not even a high capacity one). green works for instance "high capacity" is 5 amp/h, the batteries that come with most of their tools (with a few exceptions) are normally 2 amp/h. so if greenworks is claiming a 45 min runtime on just a 2 amp/h battery.....well a 5 should last a bit shy of 2 hours.

[@whitslack]

@@rocksfire4390 I have the Kobalt 80-volt, 22-in, single-stage snow blower, which is actually just a rebranded Greenworks Pro, to the point that I can use the Greenworks Pro 80V battery packs from my lawnmower in the Kobalt snow blower. (I just had to route out the keyed channels in the batteries' plastic housings since the Kobalt 80V batteries are identical to the Greenworks Pro 80V packs except for the keying.) I can tell you, I do not get 45 minutes of runtime on a 2.0Ah pack. I get about 15 minutes. I do have two packs, and if the snow isn't too deep or too wet, then I can do my whole six-car driveway without needing to wait for a pack to recharge, but oftentimes I do have to wait.

[@danieldavies6286]

dude skinned a bus set and expected us not to notice

[@ZeedijkMike]

Sometimes I ask myself: "Why the heck do I watch a video about a petrol driven snow blower?" I never have to remove snow where I live, I know barly anything about petrol motors (and have very little interest in them) But you manage to make very watchable and likable videos I just want to watch. You do a great job, very great indeed.

[@paulnormandin5267]

I have been driving since leaded fuel was the norm. I have owned and still own numerous motorcycles, boats and other vehicles. I have never ran one out of gas before storing, I have never put stabilizer in one and I have never had any one of them turn over more than twice without starting next season. I had a snow blower sit for two years without any snow, third year it fired right up. I had a lawn mower that was 15 years old, Briggs and Stratton engine. Never winterized it, never even changed the oil just made sure it was full. Started first pull every year. My neighbor had three lawnmowers with Honda engines while I owned my one B&S unit. She took them for service every spring and had them winterized. Yet they failed in one way or another while my highly neglected B&S powered unit ran every day (and she borrowed it between replacements!). There is gas and there is gas. If you buy you gas from Billy Joe Bobs Gas and Gator Emporium you may just be buying sh!t gas. It may not be the unleaded as much as the "this crap shouldn't be used the start a fire" problem.

[@MAMorelli]

Love that jacket.

[@MarylandFarmer.]

I like how you just casually remember that you can edit it afterward and keep on going with your first train of thought

[@stan.rarick8556]

This video is like your snow blower - it just keeps running on until you run out of gas.

[@88porpoise]

I was kind of wondering why your snow blower looked so funny. I did not realize single vs dual stage was a thing. Everyone i have known always used dual, and that was absolutely necessary where i grew up (then moved to a place nobody has sbowblowers before i ever needed to get one of my own).

[@youdontknowme5969]

At first I thought, "Is he confusing 2-stroke and 4-stroke engines?" I know nothing 🤪 LOL and I don't even know what kind mine is, I literally use it once every maybe 5 years, it was a hand-me-down from someone who clearly doesn't know how to start a cold 4-stroke engine LOL

[@youdontknowme5969]

update (like anyone cares 🤪) mine's clearly a dual

[@TechnologyConnextras]

@@toby2581 Hah, sure. I'd like to see you clear six inches of snow off a 150 foot long driveway in 20 minutes by yourself with a shovel.

[@vaelophisnyx9873]

@@toby2581 some folk don't have the stamina to do it manually for places you can just shovel it!

[@TechnologyConnextras]

I've rather easily dealt with 10 inch snowfalls with a single stage. If it's wet snow it's gonna struggle, but it can do it. But I must have been hallucinating or something.

[@Noel201199]

This is No-Effort-November perfection.

[@Candisa]

Thanks for reminding me I need to throw some stabiliser in the tank of my classic car which I haven't used for a few weeks and will probably not use for another 5 months.

[@EnderMalcolm]

I just got my Blower working for the year. A Yard Machines units with a Tecumseh 4 stroke. Put gas in, primed it, pulled lightly on the starter and it roared to life...., and then I couldn't turn it off. The grounding wire for the magneto had broken. Got that fixed and it runs fine again.

[@robertfisher9588]

'Or petrol for those of you who speak metric'....That cracked me up!

[@pallasproserpina4118]

"snow could be coming any day now" yep. yep. right on the mark with that one

[@Ra-zor]

Scrap merchants very often use 5 to 10 year old petrol from scraper vehicles in their vehicles with no problems, and I have used 5+ year old petrol in my Land Rover many times with no problems, so I would say its good for at least 5 years with no need for any additives/treatment. Just watch out for rust/water and syphon off the good stuff. Of course new vehicles are like a fragile glass jar compared to older vehicles, so best use the older fuel in older well built vehicles!

[@AttilaAsztalos]

Agreed. "Stabilizers" is something I'd start considering if I intended to stash away fuel for DECADES...

[@ItsEverythingElse]

What blows my mind is you still have a ICE.

[@jasonremy1627]

No Effort November is my favorites time of the year.

[@Sebbekss]

Slowly turning into the most uncle-looking fella

[@tap10lan]

Thank you. Always heartily enjoy all your videos. :D

[@DansplainingVideo]

Never used a fuel stabilizer. Never had a problem.

[@curiosity2314]

Gasoline does last longer then it's given credit to. With that said I do use the same stabilizer you do. Wauconda IL here, I have a Sunjoe 18 inch from 5 years ago but have not needed it, just get out and run passes across the driveway every couple of hours during a good snow storm and you will keep up. Good winter exercise. 😀

[@_Frank_the_Tank]

Sta-bil is good stuff, I use it with non-ethanol gasoline in all my small engines. I also use Sta-bil in 6 different classic Ford trucks that I store for about 6 months out of the year as I refuse to subject them to Iowa winters and road salt. Even without fuel stabilizer I've had some really old fuel work just fine in various parts vehicles I've bought that had been of the road for several years. Can usually just pop the fuel cap off and tell by the smell if it's gonna fire, or if it's better to "dispose of it properly" (dump it on some weeds) and refill with some fresh stuff. I'm the exact opposite of the host... Everyone will be zipping along silently in their soulless electric appliances, and mowing their yards with a vacuum cleaner. I'll come thundering over the horizon in my '69 F100, and I'll be out there cutting my grass with my Lawn-Boy from 1987 that I found in the garbage 20 years ago 😂

[@Onionbagel]

You've really lost weight, Alec. Lookin great!

[@scooter4196]

My grandfather who was a vocational instructor for auto mechanics ALWAYS used fuel stabilizer for all of his tractors and small engine devices. I trust his opinion on the matter given that he had over 30 years in the industry.

[@PSYCOMMUnist]

Outed yourself as a robot with that "warm today"

[@toine512fr]

The whole planet, breathless, watching a snow blower startup.

[@Boodieman72]

Never used fuel stabilizers and never had an issue.

[@glasslinger]

I have a tank of gas that is over 30 years old! (pre-alcohol gas!) It has been stored in a sealed tank all that time. It still runs in the generator just as well as the day I bought it! There is no Stabil in the tank.

[@PhpGtr]

2 stage is for breaking through the Atlantic-Wall concrete fortifications built at the end of your driveway overnight by the snowplows, my friend.

[@Nathaniel._.]

Looking forward to the rest of No Effort November! Love all your content my guy. ❤

[@themightymacboy]

Buying electric single stage blower was the best thing I ever did. Last year during our crazy Christmas snow storm it worked great. I think we had 10 inches of snow in South Bend.

[@Games_and_Music]

That ending note makes me think of Kennan from Cars & Bids, i almost expected to hear that "brrreep" at the end.

[@WhatNowChris]

I just purchased a new electric ego 2-stage snowblower. It has all of the bells and whistles ( impeller speed adjustments, left/right turn, blower speed controls, speed controls, LED headlights and heated hand grips. It says it’ll do a 32 car driveway with 8” of snow on the ground. The cost was $1600. It hurt, but it’s an incredible piece of equipment. I hope we get a decent amount of snow this year! I’m looking forward to using it!

[@plr_hightower7264]

i am now going to go out and fix my snowblower before it gets too cold, thanks for the reminder

[@domtweed7323]

2 year old gas? Damn they crushed some new dinosaurs.

[@jaysuthers435]

I remember the old days (1970s) when we drained the tank and then ran the snowblower until it consumed all the gas in the carburetor. Then we would get a freak snowstorm in March and have to fill it up and use it one more time. Having Sta-bil would have been great. I've lived in apartments and now in a condo for 21 years. The association does all the hard work. By the way, I wouldn't take any of the bickering to heart. There will always be people who disagree with you. Even when they agree with you they find some way to disagree on how you agree on something. Social media is so insane.

[@DrGooseDuckman]

I've never seen him this smug/happy! Love it.

[@wyatt8770]

Important piece of clarification, ALL small engines are governed. Snow throwers are often governed by a small air flap in the fan housing, whereas more expensive and complete engines are governed by whats basically a modern Centrifugal Governor in the crankcase. The throttle on these engines if applicable, applies a spring tension to constantly fight the governor to not push the engine to idle. Now some snow throwers, will just opposite, and use the flap to slow the motor down. I should also note this as a percussion: NEVER add stabilizer directly to the tank of fuel, when unmixed, it will just sink to the bottom and usually end up in the fuel lines or carb bowl if particularly unlucky, I maintain the best thing you could do for these carbs is to drain the fuel almost completely, and fill up just enough stabilized fuel (preferably the shelf stable type) to keep the carb saturated.

[@intrepidzephyr]

Thanks for touching on “the last piece of small engine equipment I’ll own”. I’m now on the E-GMP platform too in an EV6 and am all in on electric lawn equipment! That cloud of smoke with a “tadaaa” made me chuckle

[@Coconut-219]

Hopefully the third-party "battery-rebuild" industry will catch up to modern trends or you're going to have some very expensive paperweights in a few years.

[@intrepidzephyr]

@@Coconut-219 eBay has 3rd party knock-offs for all of my Black and Decker stuff. Feels great not burning flammable shmoo from pulled from the ground, refined, trucked to a shmoo seller near me, and burned in my little lawn stuff!

[@FlesHBoX]

3:16 I 100% expected "The Aristocrats!" for some reason, lol.

[@c.garison3770]

I religiously use Lucas Ethanol Fuel Conditioner in my small equipment fuel and in my EcoBoost truck. Since Covid, I do not use the truck much from November through March because of remote work and the Lucas works great at preserving the fuel in the tank for 5 months. And for my lawn mowers and leaf equipment, the Lucas works great. The only thing that I do with the small motors is I use fuel cut offs and drain the fuel from the carbs at the end of the season. All the mowers, blowers, and vacuums start at the beginning of the season (in March).

[@notanavrageloser]

I just got a Wen 5664 corded single stage snowblower. Shipped to my door for $160. If this proves to be worth a damn, I’ll upgrade to a battery powered single stage walk behind next year. If not, I’ll have a shop get my 22hp garden tractor running right and use its 46” two stage blower.

[@BraxtonMeyer]

ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to "No-Effort November"

[@matthewnardin7304]

What a time to be alive. Can't wait for next year.

[@hilliard665]

I love that petrol is now a metric word 😂😂

[@venom5809]

That reminds me I need to check my snowblower and make sure it actually works before I need it to actually work.

[@eliontheinternet3298]

I don’t own a single thing that runs on gas, but here I am lmao. Thanks for experimenting for us all!

[@mrh829]

Additional argument in favor of NOT draining the fuel from small engines at the end of the season--when I've seen this done, the empty fuel lines can get brittle and crack, which I've personally never seen on equipment that is left with gas in it. I've got 4 main small engine pieces of equipment: String trimmer (2-cycle), leaf blower (2-cycle), lawn mower (4-stroke) and a 2-stage snow thrower (4-stroke). I have never drained fuel at the end of the seasons, and I have also never used fuel stabilizers. Even after 15 years, I've never had to start the season with more than 3 pulls on any piece of equipment. The only somewhat "non-standard" thing I do is that I locally have access to gas stations that sell NO ETHANOL premium gas, and I exclusively buy gas without ethanol for my yard equipment.

[@michaelocyoung]

"HEY LASER LIPS!?! YA MAMMA WAS A SNOWBLOWER!!" - Number (Johnny) Five, Short Circuit

[@Really........]

I wasn't able to use my boat for the last three years for various reasons. Started right up this month. No stabilizers or additives of any kind were added. Gas lasts longer than you think but I wouldn't recommend using old gas for anything with a catalytic converter.

[@ProtoV33MK1]

I have a pressure washer I use maybe 5 times each summer, and I've always just mixed stabilizer into the gas can when I go to the gas station to refill, then I'll just fill the pressure washer, did my job, and just let it sit in the shed with whatever it had left. Always starts in no more than 2 pulls, and never had a problem.

[@Rararawr]

Living in buffalo and having to remove snow from two homes and where I work, I have used a good few snow blowers. And I just vastly prefer the single stage blower I have at home. They are so much faster. It gets more off the ground, and it just moves snow at a higher rate. Even when its deep I can force it down a path or clear half the height with a shovel, then knock the snow down where I cleared . Same depth with a two stage I still have to shake this 200lb machine side to side, and frequently pull it back because it climbs up the snow. Have also found it way more reliable to start than any of my two stage units at work. And I'm in the same boat where the snow blower is the last thing I have with an engine. Everything else is ryobi 40v. But I'm not sold on the idea of an electric snow blower yet. Two driveways and the sidewalk of a corner lot after a heavy storm would just beat the shit out of my batteries. Maybe if I saw a good deal on batteries. Or if they make a unit for their new 80v batteries but that would probably be expensive as hell

[@DehnusNorder]

Petrol indeed! *Puffs superior Metric Pipe in Superior Metric manner, while sitting in a superior metric chair *

[@ssgtmole8610]

"That name again is Mr. Plow." 🎶👍❄🌨🌨

[@controlbox1412]

I live in borderline syberia and there is snow everywhere already. My family bought a snowthrower once and it died in less than a year. Since then shovels do their job just great. Despite the fact that they have to do it almost every day...

[@electronron1]

My Toro always surged like that from day one when ever the choke was off and I had new paddles and scraper installed along with a tune up and when I mentioned the surging to the owner of the shop I brought it to he said that was pretty normal for snow throwers. Under load the surging would stop. With the choke at the half choke position it wouldn't surge but the power was reduced and it worked fine as long as it wasn't the really wet stuff. I live in Michigan a couple of miles east of the lake and we get dumped on with, lets see, last year it was lake effect and the year before it was lake enhanced snow fall, according the the weatherman, so a lot of people around here have two stage snow throwers but when mine died and I replaced it with a single stage I found I had less issues with clogging with the single stage.

[@JesseBayne]

I always treat my mower gas with sta-bil, never failed me so far. Hell, this year I didn't have to use my mower at all since it got so hot here that my grass all just stayed dormant. I'm about to have to mow again this weekend, but I've paid a friend to mow my lawn for the past 3 years so my mower's just been sitting in the garage. I fired it up today and it just... worked. Had to give it a good few pulls (5, according to the wife) but can't complain.

[@Jz4p]

I literally just started a car this week that I last drove in 2020. The battery was dead, but the 87 unleaded gas in the tank, untreated, was just fine. I did get an oil change.